UK & Ireland Zinesters Discussions - We Make Zines2016-12-10T05:55:02Zhttp://wemakezines.ning.com/group/ukirelandzinesters/forum?groupUrl=ukirelandzinesters&feed=yes&xn_auth=noCALL FOR SUBMISSIONS- ZINE + PORTRAIT EXCHANGEtag:wemakezines.ning.com,2016-11-23:2288844:Topic:4585732016-11-23T15:50:43.944ZEmil Maudhttp://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/ElmRealm
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<p>EXPLORING LIMINALITY IN RELATION TO CONTEMPORARY TRANS+ AND/OR GNC IDENTITIES AND EXPERIENCE</p>
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<p>I’m working on a project exploring the concept of <b>‘permanent’ or ‘unending liminality’ in relation to trans-identities* and experience today</b>, and am inviting individuals to become involved in an art project/ zine collaboration, and potentially a larger body of work.</p>
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<p>To read more about the…</p>
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<p>EXPLORING LIMINALITY IN RELATION TO CONTEMPORARY TRANS+ AND/OR GNC IDENTITIES AND EXPERIENCE</p>
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<p>I’m working on a project exploring the concept of <b>‘permanent’ or ‘unending liminality’ in relation to trans-identities* and experience today</b>, and am inviting individuals to become involved in an art project/ zine collaboration, and potentially a larger body of work.</p>
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<p>To read more about the project and me, please <a href="http://www.outskirtsproject.tumblr.com/about"><b>click here</b></a><b> </b>to be directed to the Tumblr site.</p>
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<p><b><u>Using liminality to think about Trans + identities and experience</u></b></p>
<p>I’m interested in using the term <b>'permanent'</b> or <b>'unending liminality'</b> to consider how in our modern society, trans+ and/or gender non–conforming folk can often exist in a <b>permanent state of social limbo</b>. We face legal, social, medical, cultural (etc.) <b>barriers and challenges</b>, which affect us as a community and as individuals. These inevitably hit us in our day-to-day lives. Not all trans+ folk experience this, but those of us who do not seek, or see, assimilation into cis-normative society as an option, can do. We’re in a permanent state of liminality.</p>
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<p>To read more about what 'liminality' and 'permanent liminality' mean <a href="http://www.outskirtsproject.tumblr.com/about"><b>click here</b></a><b>...</b></p>
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<p><u>HOW TO GET INVOLVED</u></p>
<p>If you would like to contribute you can do it in 1 or 2 different ways :</p>
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<p><b><u>1) Send a submission for ‘Outskirts’ zine</u></b></p>
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<p>A new zine exploring liminality. Ideas you might want to respond to :</p>
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<p><u>Transgression of gender norms</u></p>
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<li>Social, legal, political, medical, cultural (etc.) exclusions, barriers and challenges people face as a result of transgressing gender norms.</li>
<li>How have you/do you navigate these?</li>
<li>How do they impact on your daily life?</li>
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<p> <u>Intersections with other facets of experience/identity</u></p>
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<li>Health, physical and mental dis/ability, neurodiversity, race, class, sexuality, ethnicity, cultural background, age, religious and political beliefs, un/employment, immigration status (etc.).</li>
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<p><u>Invisibility and Visibility</u></p>
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<li>Identities being reduced to those within dominant language/classifactory systems e.g. being seen as male/female ‘mix’ rather than having an identity in their own right.</li>
<li>Experiences that non-binary, genderfluid, genderqueer, bigender, agender, genderfuck, queer + people face. </li>
<li>The assigned characteristics of liminal people as androgynous, sexless, asexual, nonsexual, what this might mean for folks who identify as/with any of those.</li>
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<p><u>Outsiderhood/ Marginalisation</u></p>
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<li>Individuals who choose to subvert binary boundaries</li>
<li>Individuals whose experience does not include choice</li>
<li>Combination/relationship between the two.</li>
<li>Marginalisation in society</li>
<li>‘Outsiderhood’, the positive/negative connotations of the term.</li>
<li>Hermetic ways of living, isolation.</li>
<li>Other social groups affected by systems of oppression through their liminal status/es.</li>
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<p><u>Radical possibilities for social change</u></p>
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<li>Creating more inclusivity and sensitivity in different social environments, Queer spaces</li>
<li>Ways we can empower, support and celebrate with each other.</li>
<li>Modifications and adaptations we make in our home/work/social environments etc.</li>
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<p><b><u>What you need to send me for the zine</u></b></p>
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<li>Artwork, short story, essay, poetry, comic, photography, diary, <b>any format!</b></li>
<li>Please make sure it can fit on <b>no more than 2 sides of A5</b></li>
<li>Images at <b>300dpi</b> and <b>no larger than 5mb</b>.</li>
<li>An <b>address</b> so I can send you a copy!</li>
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<p><b><u>2) Become part of a portrait exchange</u></b></p>
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<p>I’m creating a series of <b>abstract ‘portraits’ of people who feel they occupy liminal space</b>, or who <b>feel a strong connection to the word.</b></p>
<p>It can be social, spatial, economic, racial, geographical, political, cultural, spiritual, the list goes on, <b>whatever shape or shapes it takes- I’m interested in hearing from you.</b></p>
<p>The portraits wont be undertook in the ‘traditional’ way, but constructed using ‘documents’* (that you’ll send me) which articulate your/or a part of your liminal experience.</p>
<p>They’ll attempt to reflect both the paradox of trying to articulate and situate a state which is theoretically temporary, and give agency to the simple human need for connection, grounding, and structure, which is often absent from our liminal experiences and exchanges.</p>
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<p><b><u>What you need to send me for the portrait exchange</u></b></p>
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<p>1) <b><u>Documents</u>*</b>- You can <b>interpret this in any way</b>, be as figurative or abstract as you like.</p>
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<li>It can be an image, a photograph, a film still, a drawing, some text, a colour, a texture, a song…</li>
<li> Choose things which express <b>what liminality means to you</b></li>
<li> Make sure it has a <b>material quality</b> so I can paint it.</li>
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<p>2) <b><u>Your name/pseudonym or ‘anonymous’</u></b>, a <b><u>description of what the documents you’ve chosen depict</u></b>, and any other text or information you feel is important for your contribution. </p>
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<p>(Please see the images attached, for an example of the kinds of 'documents' you could send me, and an example of what a liminal portrait with accompanying description might look like. )</p>
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<p><b>Each participant involved will either get an A4 colour print of their portrait, or a copy of the zine.</b> I’ll keep the original artworks. I will keep you up to date with what I intend to do with the portraits.</p>
<p>I’m going to make an <b>online version</b> of both the zine and the portraits, enabling viewers and the participants to connect and contact each other if they wish. </p>
<p><b>If you do not want me to use your portrait for future exhibitions, display it online, or have it printed in the zine, please let me know when you submit. </b></p>
<p><b>There is no obligation to have it all ‘out in the open’, I want to be as sensitive to people’s experiences as I can be, so just let me know. </b></p>
<p>The zine will be published in Spring 2017.</p>
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<p><b>DEADLINE - 1ST MARCH 2017</b></p>
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<p>Send submissions, questions, queries to <b>outskirts project@gmail.com</b></p> Mental Health Zinetag:wemakezines.ning.com,2016-05-29:2288844:Topic:4516622016-05-29T14:18:05.426ZJade Hutchinsonhttp://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/JadeHutchinson
<p>Looking for contributors to my up and coming zine "Not so crazy"<br/>If you have had experience with mental health, or know someone who has and wish to share.<br/>Accept all formats, writings, art, poems, illustrations, short stories, poems, photography.<br/><br/>Please send to JADEHUTCHINSON1@GMAIL.COM with the subject like "notsocrazy"<br/>Submissions can be anonymous or credited, if you wish to be credited, please state how.</p>
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<p>Deadline: 25 JUNE (For Issue ONE)</p>
<p>Looking for contributors to my up and coming zine "Not so crazy"<br/>If you have had experience with mental health, or know someone who has and wish to share.<br/>Accept all formats, writings, art, poems, illustrations, short stories, poems, photography.<br/><br/>Please send to JADEHUTCHINSON1@GMAIL.COM with the subject like "notsocrazy"<br/>Submissions can be anonymous or credited, if you wish to be credited, please state how.</p>
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<p>Deadline: 25 JUNE (For Issue ONE)</p> West Midlands Zine Scenetag:wemakezines.ning.com,2015-04-10:2288844:Topic:4242112015-04-10T07:25:06.928ZHappy Toast Zinehttp://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/Lucy430
<p>Any one here from the west midlands, feeling like an oasis at the moment. </p>
<p>Any one here from the west midlands, feeling like an oasis at the moment. </p> Zine Donations For Zine Library-In-The-Making.tag:wemakezines.ning.com,2014-07-30:2288844:Topic:4050812014-07-30T19:46:35.799ZGraham Rimmerhttp://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/GrahamRimmer
<p>Hi</p>
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<p>I am working towards the creation of a brand new zine libray in the North West of England (Liverpool/Merseyside area). This will take form as a series of pop up events throughout the region until a permanent base can be found. </p>
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<p>I`m looking for donations of zines of any kind-all genres are welcome as I want to make the library as democratic as possible, with access to the full gamut independent publishing has to offer. I feel that a library should be a site…</p>
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<p>I am working towards the creation of a brand new zine libray in the North West of England (Liverpool/Merseyside area). This will take form as a series of pop up events throughout the region until a permanent base can be found. </p>
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<p>I`m looking for donations of zines of any kind-all genres are welcome as I want to make the library as democratic as possible, with access to the full gamut independent publishing has to offer. I feel that a library should be a site which enables the mind to go to places never dreamed before, inspiring everyone who walks through the door. I know zines are capable of this transformation.</p>
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<p>So if you are having a clear out and need to find a new home for your old zines, where they will continue to spread the word and fight the good fight;or are looking to share and spread the word of your own publication-get in touch. Even if you can spare only one, this would be a huge contribution.</p>
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<p>So if you can help support this venture please get in touch.</p>
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<p>Thank You</p>
<p>Graham </p> UK fanzine swap pen pals?tag:wemakezines.ning.com,2013-04-22:2288844:Topic:3569262013-04-22T00:25:07.466ZNecro Neilhttp://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/NecroZine
<p>Would any zinesters in the UK like to penpal each other? Im really trying to get back to letter writing, zine swapping, mix compilations and general creative post type things, so I wondered if anyone else in the UK in this group would like to hand round letters and stuff on this island.</p>
<p>Maybe leave an email address in this discussion? Im really missing the days when things were offline...</p>
<p>Anyway Im Neil from North Yorkshire and I write Necronomicon which is a fanzine all about…</p>
<p>Would any zinesters in the UK like to penpal each other? Im really trying to get back to letter writing, zine swapping, mix compilations and general creative post type things, so I wondered if anyone else in the UK in this group would like to hand round letters and stuff on this island.</p>
<p>Maybe leave an email address in this discussion? Im really missing the days when things were offline...</p>
<p>Anyway Im Neil from North Yorkshire and I write Necronomicon which is a fanzine all about cheesy horror films but written on a personal level, Ive written fanzines since I was 15 and Im 32 now. Send me a message at necroneil@live.com if youre interested.</p> London zine event: 30th November 2011tag:wemakezines.ning.com,2011-10-16:2288844:Topic:2896422011-10-16T11:51:24.100ZAlex Lawsonhttp://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/AlexLawson
<div>ShadowPlay is going to be hosting a fanzine evening at Drink, Shop &amp; Do in Kings Cross, London. The café/bar is more kitsch than a vintage tablecloth.</div>
<div>This is evening is your chance to create a new SUPERFANTABULOUS COMPILATION ZINE which will take the global zine scene by storm. </div>
<div>Come and discover the world of underground self-publishing by writing and drawing your own and reading the best zines we've collected from Grimsby to Gran Canaria. Glue, scissors,…</div>
<div>ShadowPlay is going to be hosting a fanzine evening at Drink, Shop &amp; Do in Kings Cross, London. The café/bar is more kitsch than a vintage tablecloth.</div>
<div>This is evening is your chance to create a new SUPERFANTABULOUS COMPILATION ZINE which will take the global zine scene by storm. </div>
<div>Come and discover the world of underground self-publishing by writing and drawing your own and reading the best zines we've collected from Grimsby to Gran Canaria. Glue, scissors, inspiration and typewriters will be provided and your efforts will be combined to create a brand new zine. 7-10pm, Free <br/>Drink, Shop &amp; Do is only a 2 minute walk from Kings Cross Station at 9 Caledonian Road, London, N1 9DX.<br/><a href="http://www.drinkshopdo.com/">http://www.drinkshopdo.com</a></div>
<div><a href="http://shadowplayfanzine.blogspot.com/2011/10/drink-shop-and-fold.html">http://shadowplayfanzine.blogspot.com/2011/10/drink-shop-and-fold.html</a></div> Salford Zine Library U.Ktag:wemakezines.ning.com,2011-08-16:2288844:Topic:2692582011-08-16T19:06:17.100ZSalford Zine Libraryhttp://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/SalfordZineLibrary
<p><span><span><span><span>Salford Zine Library will be at Salford Art Gallery from 15 October 2011 to </span></span><span><span>29 January 2012 showing the archive along side some original artwork, film</span></span><span><span><br></br></span></span><span><span>showings and workshops.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>I am looking to show a film at the exhibition made up of short videos that contributers to the library have made of themselves. The video will explain…</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span>Salford Zine Library will be at Salford Art Gallery from 15 October 2011 to </span></span><span><span>29 January 2012 showing the archive along side some original artwork, film</span></span><span><span><br/></span></span><span><span>showings and workshops.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>I am looking to show a film at the exhibition made up of short videos that contributers to the library have made of themselves. The video will explain why you personally self publish and about the zines you produce. To submit please email me your short talking head videos no longer than five minutes. I will compile and edit these together and add captions for the finished film. All are welcome to contribute to this project and I would like an eclectic range of zine makers to participate covering all the genres etc. So wherever you are making your zines it would be great to hear from you.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<div><span>Salford Zine Library is a non-profit venture which aims to create a library of self published work from around the world for all to access. The Library is based at Islington Mill, Salford (</span><a href="http://www.islingtonmill.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000"><span>www.islingtonmill.com</span></font></a><span>), home to over 50 artist studios. The library also tours the UK visiting schools, universities, public art galleries and book fares.<br/> <br/></span><span><span><br/></span></span><span><span> </span></span><span><span>We are looking for new contributions all the time and If you would like your </span></span><span><span>self-published work be to be featured in this upcoming exhibition then</span></span><span><span><br/></span></span><span><span>please post your contributions to :</span></span><span><br/> <br/>Salford Zine Library<br/>48 Landos Court<br/>Gunson St<br/>Manchester<br/>M40 7WT<br/>U.K</span></div>
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<div><span>Kindest regards</span></div>
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<div><span>Craig</span></div>
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<a href="http://salfordzinelibrary.blogspot.com/">http://salfordzinelibrary.blogspot.com/</a> Zine stuff in Belfast?tag:wemakezines.ning.com,2011-07-05:2288844:Topic:2457242011-07-05T16:20:36.278Zbee laveryhttp://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/beelavery
<p>Hi friends!</p>
<p>I'm actually Canadian, but I'm visiting my fam in Belfast/Newtownards for two weeks and was wondering if any of you could point me towards zine activity in Belfast (or, honestly, any of Northern Ireland). I wanna meet some rad zinesters and do trades, maybe visit a zine library...something! Anything! HALP.</p>
<p>Hi friends!</p>
<p>I'm actually Canadian, but I'm visiting my fam in Belfast/Newtownards for two weeks and was wondering if any of you could point me towards zine activity in Belfast (or, honestly, any of Northern Ireland). I wanna meet some rad zinesters and do trades, maybe visit a zine library...something! Anything! HALP.</p> London zinesters! Want to make a zinefest?tag:wemakezines.ning.com,2011-04-20:2288844:Topic:2053282011-04-20T13:45:35.342ZWillhttp://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/Will
<p>Winter is glum and horrible. Y'know what October needs? A zinefest. Just something little and cosy to get us through to the next summer.</p>
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<p>Anyone out there interested? I'm determined to make this happen, but I need help with various bits. I've got a venue (it's the community centre where I work) so the bits I need help with are <em>pretty much everything else.</em> Designing pretty leaflets, making a website, doing... stuff... OK, so I don't even know what goes into a zinefest…</p>
<p>Winter is glum and horrible. Y'know what October needs? A zinefest. Just something little and cosy to get us through to the next summer.</p>
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<p>Anyone out there interested? I'm determined to make this happen, but I need help with various bits. I've got a venue (it's the community centre where I work) so the bits I need help with are <em>pretty much everything else.</em> Designing pretty leaflets, making a website, doing... stuff... OK, so I don't even know what goes into a zinefest to make it great! If you have any ideas and would like to muck in, please, please contact me, either through messaging on here or through <a href="http://zisforzine.blogspot.com/2011/04/october-zinefest.html" target="_blank">my blog</a>. I've sent a message to Spill the Zines, and they'll also be announcing it in their next news post, but if you know anyone who might want to get involved, pass the message on.</p>
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<p>Right now, I'm still trying to think up a name for the damn thing...</p> UK zine tradetag:wemakezines.ning.com,2011-01-20:2288844:Topic:1740382011-01-20T18:04:41.586ZWillhttp://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/Will
<p>Hey all, wasn't sure if I should put this topic in this group or in Let's Trade Zines, since it's a bit of both.</p>
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<p>I can't really afford to send zines to the US if I'm not being paid for shipping, and I'm sure that's true for a lot of us. It seems like most of the zines being advertised for trade are from the US, which sucks!</p>
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<p>I've looked around and can't find anything UK-trading-specific, so I thought this topic could be a way for UK traders to get in touch with…</p>
<p>Hey all, wasn't sure if I should put this topic in this group or in Let's Trade Zines, since it's a bit of both.</p>
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<p>I can't really afford to send zines to the US if I'm not being paid for shipping, and I'm sure that's true for a lot of us. It seems like most of the zines being advertised for trade are from the US, which sucks!</p>
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<p>I've looked around and can't find anything UK-trading-specific, so I thought this topic could be a way for UK traders to get in touch with each other. Post what you've got and if there's anything in particular you'd like to trade for.</p>
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<p>To trade I have two issues of my genderqueer zine xyz, and one issue of my perzine about getting sent to military school (there are proper descriptions and photos on my page). I'd like to trade for just about anything apart from music and anarchist zines.</p>
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<p>Your turn!</p>